The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday told the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress Bola Tinubu that the country is drifting towards becoming a failed state.
The association however said the country’s case is not without redemption.
Speaking at the first in the series of the interactive sessions with presidential candidates in Abuja, CAN President Daniel Okoh, said the search for solution compelled CAN to organize sessions that will go round the candidates to present to them their own proposals for a better Nigeria.
“The Christian community in Nigeria is worried that Nigeria is slouching towards complete state failure,” CAN’s document which was presented to Tinubu read.
The document, a copy of which was made available to NPO Reports Wednesday afternoon, said “We are worried that disorientation in public leadership makes this a self-fulfilling prophesy. “But we are reassured by the words of the scripture that whenever a people recognize their errors and make amend, God of justice will show them mercy and the land will be healed. Nigeria is not a lost case. Nigeria has hope. Nigeria has a great future. But that hope and future rest on resolving the constitutional incoherence that has determined our bloody past and our miserable present. It threatens to deny us the future. But if we agree to create a new constitutional order on the basis of equality, justice, and self-determination, if we determine to create a new social compact between Nigerians of different religious, ethnic, and social groups, we will recover the promise of a great, peaceful, and prosperous Nigeria.
The Christian community in Nigeria is ready for an honest and hard conversation about Nigeria. The Charter for Future Nigeria is an extension of a hand of goodwill to other Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, and religious identity. The message is simple: “come, let us build a new Nigeria.”
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In his speech welcoming Tinubu and his followers, the CAN president said “First, let me state clearly that the idea of this interaction is to come together to review our understanding of the Nigerian crisis of development and governance and collectively find a lasting solution”
He added that as an association of Christian citizens who believe in this country and continue to pray for its unity, peace, and prosperity, the association has spent time to review the problems that hinder peace and progress in the country.
He stated, “We have consulted with Nigerians of diverse religious, ethnic and social identities on the problems of the country and the solutions to them have been articulated in the strategic document we call, the Charter for Future Nigeria.”